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In this interview, Ryan Carson from Carson Workshops talks to David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and partner at 37signals.

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Questions and topics we cover in the interview

  1. What are you plans for Rails in the next 12 months?
  2. How do you balance your work time and maintaining Rails?
  3. You’re a partner at 37signals, instead of an employee. How did that come about?
  4. You guys recently started over with Sunrise, the new 37signals product. Can you tell us about that?
  5. Will Sunrise integrate with desktop apps?
  6. On your blog, You recently got into a debate with Tim O’Reilly. Can you summarise what that was about?
  7. You work from home most the time. Why is that?

URLS Mentioned

  1. Debate with Tim O’Reilly
  2. Getting Real book
  3. Starting over on Sunrise (end of the post)

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6 Responses to “David Heinemeier Hansson”

  1. Digitaria Blog » Blog Archive » My Favorite Blog Design says (on June 2nd, 2006 at 4:31 pm )

    […] Jamis Buck has a blog. In every podcast about DHH or 37signals (that I’ve heard), someone mentions a mysterious 37signals employee that works from his home in Utah Idaho. It’s Jamis. […]

  2. Piyush says (on September 15th, 2007 at 6:07 pm )

    David,
    You mentioned that the demographics aren’t really important for a company to function effectively.
    In your case, I suppose Jason (and others possibly) was already running 37signals while you were a developer in Denmark. Would you say that this strategy of working and collaborating remotely is true for an established company or would it work just as well for a web startup?
    I believe the challenges for a startup would be very different from an established one?

    [comment is pretty out of date but I just came across the podcast :)]

  3. Piyush says (on September 15th, 2007 at 6:17 pm )

    I just noticed that the advisory board has changed since the time Ryan first mentioned it on the Web20Show. So in case David is unavailable to comment, please share your thoughts on the comment above. Thanks.

  4. picture of David Heinemeier Hansson DHH says (on September 15th, 2007 at 10:38 pm )

    I think it works great for a start-up. 37signals doing Basecamp was essentially a start-up since it was a whole new category of business. I know lots of start-ups that work entirely remotely and are doing very well.

  5. To be or not to be - in Silicon Valley « web pruned by monkeys says (on October 11th, 2007 at 10:58 pm )

    […] Elsewhere, David Heinemeier Hanson form 37Signals is of the opinion that even people from the same startup don’t need be in the same place to be successful, which adds another interesting dimension to the debate. […]

  6. webmaster says (on January 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 pm )

    I think you did a great job of pointing out the major strengths and weaknesses of the book.

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